Learn More
Resend Email
1
athifus
3y

I know this is not a rant, so maybe I'm a *bit* off topic, but I need some help. I'm about to get a new laptop. I'm on my final year of uni and I think I'll focus on machine learning from now on. I'm between buying a Lenovo laptop (IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ACH6) and running ubuntu on it, or a 2019 MacBook Pro. The specs on the lenovo are better, I know, but I always kinda wanted a mac and now I'm torn between doing what's best and what will please my long time macbook desire. Any opinions? Thank you in advance!

question

machinelearning laptop
Favorite
Ranter
Comments
  • 2
    3y
    A laptop for machine learning... Ouch.

    Check that AVX support exists / CPU.

    Many ML programs rely on it.

    Otherwise: Whateva kink you have...

    But running long term machine learning on a laptop will possibly be thermal throttled and the device itself won't live long.
  • 2
    3y
    ML you want best bang for the buck. Macs are usually more expensive, laptops are usually more expensive than towers.

    Windows host with Linux vm is also doable. Or just a cloud instance running Linux.
  • 2
    3y
    Don't get a Mac for ML, get something with a hefty Nvidia GPU and a ton of RAM.
  • 1
    3y
    I like my sager, but it only has a 3060 in it.

    Maybe get a 3080?

    https://xoticpc.com/collections/...

    https://xoticpc.com/collections/...
  • 1
    3y
    Why Mac is even an option? They are always having worse specs for the money and some shitty cooling slapped on
devRant © 2021 Hexical Labs LLC
Privacy Policy  |  Terms of Service
Add Comment